VIDEO: Meet Lidoshka, “the terrorist girl”

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Lidoshka

— What would you say to Ukrainian children?

— All children must understand that now there are combats. If their parents are in the army, they mustn’t shoot at us. Mustn’t. They must tell their parents and grandparents that they mustn’t shoot.

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Banks in Moldova lend $1 billion to mysterious beneficiaries and cripple economy

Global Geopolitics

THE disappearance of more than $1 billion from three Moldavian banks has nearly crippled the tiny former Soviet country’s economy, and its people wants answers.

The huge sum of money accounts for nearly 20 per cent of Moldova’s banking system in terms of assets, and represents an eighth of its entire gross domestic product, according to Reuters.

The case of the missing money only came to light after the Central Bank of Moldova found that three banks had given out loans totalling more than $1 billion.

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